All Toca Boca games come with with no obvious rules and fun gender-neutral characters, letting kids explore at their own speed and get creative. The $3.99 app is the 30th for Stockholm-based parent company Toca Boca, which started in 2011 and is founded on the belief in open-ended play via tech. With Toca Blocks, we give kids a digital environment that enables this aspect of play.” Using your imagination naturally brings out an evolving ruleset from which you can use to create and play within. “When you create something, the materials you use get new meaning: a blanket becomes the ceiling of my playhouse, a chair becomes a stepping stone in the lava pit that’s erupted from the floor. “Construction play isn’t only about creating something beautiful, it’s about how you get there,” explains Toca’s play designer Mårten Brüggemann. (Take a peek at the app via YouTube here). Depending on how they are layered, the blocks take on surprising new shapes and properties, sometimes transforming into items (a tree, secret door, toilet, or propeller to build a flying house) that can be placed into the worlds being constructed. Children have their pick from a multitude of uniquely colored and textured blocks that they can stack any which way. Ideal for ages 5 through 9, Toca Blocks gives kids a blank canvas to build a world entirely from their imagination. Thankfully, Toca Boca’s latest app, Toca Blocks, has just arrived and it’s sure to occupy those little hands and minds for hours on end. For more information, please visit break is just around the corner, which means the daunting task of entertaining your kids day in and day out is on the horizon. With offices in San Francisco, Stockholm and New York, Toca Boca is part of The Bonnier Group, a family-owned business that includes newspapers, magazines, television, cinemas and digital media. With more than 100 million total downloads to date, Toca Boca apps focus on stimulating kids’ imaginations so that they can play and have fun in a safe digital environment. Since its first product launch in 2011, Toca Boca has released 30 apps that have been downloaded in 215 countries worldwide. 1 mobile-first kids brand in the App Store, is a play studio that makes digital toys for kids. See the press images for Toca Blocks on Flickr Toca Blocks is $3.99 / £2.99 / 45 SEK / 3.99 EUR on the App Store. The app is developed by the team behind Toca Nature, the company’s most award winning app of all time. Toca Blocks marks the 30th app released by Toca Boca since the start in 2011. Three heroes who are ready to explore the worlds – fly with the bird, climb with the bear or smash blocks with the cat.Tools including a pencil and eraser to make it easier to place and delete blocks.Many combinations of blocks and hidden objects - once kids discover a new block or object, it’s stored in their inventory at the bottom right of the screen.Three pre-installed worlds that lend inspiration to kids who don’t want to start building from scratch.Blank canvases for kids to explore - start building underground or up in the sky.Secret doors even open up new environments, letting kids create and discover world after world. With the characters, kids can set out on an adventure to explore the worlds they create. Toca Blocks also features three inhabitants, each with different traits such as flying, climbing and smashing. “Using your imagination naturally brings out an evolving ruleset from which you can use to create and play within. When you create something, the materials you use get new meaning: a blanket becomes the ceiling of my playhouse, a chair becomes a stepping stone in the lava pit that’s erupted from the floor,” says play designer Mårten Brüggemann. “Construction play isn’t only about creating something beautiful, it’s about how you get there. The only limit to what they build is their own imagination.īy encouraging imaginative construction play, Toca Blocks helps kids see the endless ways one can use the same item. Kids can uncover the propeller to build a flying house or use trees to create an indoor forest. Kids will also discover that there’s more than meets the eyes with the ever-evolving blocks: dragging one on top of another will reveal new shapes with new properties - everything from other unique blocks to items kids can use to fill their worlds such as a tree, chair or toilet. There are a variety to choose from, each with their own characteristics made of various colors, textures and materials. Tapping into kids’ curiosity, the blocks themselves offer a lot for kids to explore. Starting with a blank canvas, kids can experiment with the apps’ transformative blocks to construct their own unique worlds. Available on the App Store on December 17, Toca Boca’s new world-building app, Toca Blocks, invites kids to create and explore the worlds they imagine.
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